Rail-brace.



No. 839,593. PATENTED DEG. 25,1906. W. M. JENKINS.

RAIL BRAGB.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.31,1906.

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A TTOHNE YS No. 839,593. PATENTED DEC. 25, 1906 W. M. JENKINS.

RAIL BRACE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.31,1906.

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A TTORNEYS UNITED STATES; WILLIAM M. JENKINS, or GUTHRIE,OKLAHOMA TERRITO Y, 1

RAIL-'ERAOE,

Application filed March 31.1906. Serial No'. 3 O9,072.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM M. JENKINS,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Guthrie, in the county of Logan, Oklahoma Territory, have invented a new and useful orovenoont in Rail-Braces, of which the lowing is a specification.

y invention is in the nature of an imuVGLl brace for securely fastening railroadrails to the cross-ties. It relates to that form of brace which has an anchorage underneath the tie; and it consists in the novel con struction and arrangement of parts, which lwill now proceed to describe with reference to the drawlngs, in which Figure 1 is a View looking sidewise to the rail and endwise to the cross-ties, showing my improved brace in position. Fig. 2 is a plan view; Fig. 3, a crcss-section on line 3 3 of 2, and i is a plan View of a slight modification.

In the drawings, A represents the rail, and B the cross-tie. 0 represents angle-plates, wnose upright wings c fit against the side of t a web of the rail and beneath its head. or tread surface and are bolted together through the rail by horizontal. bolts 6 and whose horizontal wings 0 lie horizontally above the tie and are recessed on the under side next to the rail to receive the base-flange of the rail.

Underneath the base of the rail and the lower wings of the angle-plates is disposed at bearing-plate D, whose side next to the wood or the tie is corrugated, as seen-in 3, and whose side next to the rail and the angleplate is flat. A similar plate D is arranged beneath the-tie, and its face next to the tie is corrugated, while its lower face is fiat or'plain.

E designates U-shaped metal stirrup each made in one piece, with their bent portions extending around beneath the tie and whose upwardly-proj acting ends extend up on each ide the tie and )rotrude through corres ending holes in t ie bearing-plate D and toe horizontal wings c of the angle-plates. The n per ends of these stirrups are screw-- thread ed end rcceiye nuts a, which when tightly screwed down bind together the tie, the two plates D and D, and the rail. By tightly turning down the nuts the corrugations hf the plates D D are slightly buried in the wood of the tie, so as to preve. all leteral slip ing or spreading of the rails n the ties, an these plates also form a water-tight inclosure for the top and bottom of the tie beneath the rail, which prevents the rotting Specification of Letters Patent.

PATENT V of the ties beneath the rails and also distributes the bearing of the superincumbent weight of the passing trains. With these corrugated bearing-plates it will be seen that all spikes driven into thetties are dispensed with, and thus is avoided one rolific cause of the decay of the ties from the oosening of the spikes and the entrance ofwater around the" loosened spikes.

makingthe stirrups of a single piece bent U-shaped to inclose the tie all the tight oiling-nuts are brought to the upper surface of the road-bed, where they are easily secessible and under constant inspection; 1

Theangle-plates are made with a thickencd or reinforced middle portion at the external angle between the'wings c and 0'', so as to impart greater strength and a stronger bracing efiect. Y

The rail-brace. may be constructed as short chairs, one for each connection between a tie and the rail, asseen in Fig. 2, or they may be made long enough to extend past two or more ties, as seen in Fig. 4, as would be desirable at points where the ends of two rails abut or in any case Where additional strength is required or desirable. I

Among the further advantages of my in vent-ion i. would state that cool tie is firmly anchored at each end to the tw rails, so that the rail is immovable against strains iii all directions. There is a great saving in spikes, and as the ties are not pierced at any point their longevity is greatly increased, with a corresponding economy of track maintenance The stability of the track also increases the selety of travel and avoids much loss of life and property. When the stirrups are tightly drawn up and set, the wood of the tie has surficient elasticity to .yield slightly, and thus maintains a tension at the raihjoints which deadous sound and avoids all initial looseness.

Another advantage of my brace is that it will allow theheight of the rail to be increased without danger of the rail turning. In increasing the lleight of the rail the strength is increased by the use of a small amount of additional material in proportion. This brace, looping, as it does, around the tie and having an immovable anchorage beneath the tie, makes it impossible for the rail to turn or spread even though the rail be greatly. increased in height.

I would further call attention to the fact that by means of the two angle-plates bolted through the rail and the two U-sha-ped stir Yatented Dec. 25, 1906."

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surrounding the tie at right an les and entirel outside the same, one on eac' side of the rai and bolted'to the angle-plates, each stirrup'draws and braces a 'ainst the other through the angle-plates, ho din the rail inperfect balance, and wherever t s brace is used at one end of a cross-tie it is used also at "the other end, and the two braces at the two.

U-s'haped stirrups surrounding the tie at right angles and entirelyouts'ide of the same,

one on each side of the rail, each bolted to its angle-plate and each drawing and bracing against the other through the angle-plates .2. ArailWay-brace comprising angle-plates I bolted through the Web of the rail and two U shapedstirrups surrounding the tie at right angles and entirely outside of the same,

position against strains in all -Witnesses:

one on each side of the rail, eachbolted to its anglewplate and each drawing and bracing against the other through the angle-plates andholdin the rail in perfect balance, anda bearing-p ate between the tie and .the rail.

3. A rail-brace comprising two angle-plates each having a perforated upright wing fitting right Wings and rail two U-shaped stirrups' inclosing the tie and havinlgL screw-threaded ends extending up throng the horizonta Wings of the angle-plates and provided with nuts, and two bearing-plates arranged, one above and the other below the tie and clamped together therea-gainst by the stirru-ps, said bearing-plates having their faoes adjacent to the tie corugated to engage the tie and prevent spreading-of the rails thereon without the use of s ikes.

WIL M. JENKINS.

DELLA W. JENKINS,

LENA KONGABEL. 

